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    Trim pump solenoid

    HAHAHA. That was cold
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    gimbal bearing house hit by trailer while emergent braking before red light.

    What is going here? Looks like gimbal ring is busted.
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    Slow trim response

    Plus the volume of oil needed to go up is less than down, due to the cyl rod being in only 1 end of the cyl. If you over fill the tank while drive is down, it will over flow at full up.
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    Disc Brake Identification

    UFP 35 Manual
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    Cracked Mercruiser 165 block

    Pretty decent looking deck boat for $200. Could be a great fishing boat. If transom / hull isn't bad, I would grab it and just plunk another engine in it for that money.
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    gimbal bearing house hit by trailer while emergent braking before red light.

    Yup, the gimbal ring is busted. That ring can be replaced, but I will bet a box of donuts there is other damage in there that isn't so obvious. You didn't say what year / make / model the boat is That gimbal assy looks like it needs to removed to be resealed, since someone just gobbed on...
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    steering cable stuck

    Mild steel in the motor well, What can go wrong?
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    1978 trim motor issues

    Sounds like that 45 year old motor had a pretty good run, but is now ready to retire.
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    1997 Mercruiser 5.7 EFI blown head gasket

    Trust me, have seen stranger thing done that just leaves me in absolute amazement.
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    1997 Mercruiser 5.7 EFI blown head gasket

    Perhaps someone didn't verify the timing of the dizzy #1 wire tower with TDC on the crank when re-installing the dizzy. Then installed the plug wires and corrected it by twisting the dizzy till it fired it and timed it off that. The pictures of where the #1 is all fine and good till someone...
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    Changing my boat gauges.

    Here is a manual for telflex gauges. The system design and theory is the same for 99% of the analog gauge systems out there in use. Pretty good manual and great troubleshooting methods.
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    Changing my boat gauges.

    Follow wiring in post 2
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    Bravo 3 Shift Cam Position

    Perhaps, being an older drive, perhaps he is hearing the gears engage when there is added lash between the aged gear train. Smooth shifting is what the bravo cone was developed for. With Dubs283 on what I have experienced / seen / heard with the Bravo cone and ramp.
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    Merc Sterndrive 3.0 Pressure test is holding steady at 7psi, should I be concerned?

    And, putting on too much pressure can damage / blow out a seal.
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    Changing my boat gauges.

    Sure sounds like a / multiple crap ground connection(s). Check all the grounds on the gauges, on the ground buss that is somewhere near the helm, battery and such..... Even check there isn't a bad solderless crimp connector on one of the ground wires in the circuit. Easy way to check the...
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    New Cobalt 23LS

    Only way to know is get the engine serial number and look it up. The label on air cleaner cover will say 454 MAG, if it is. But chances are, it isn't. The 454 MAG has a lot of forged parts inside where the 7.4 has the cast parts, generally. Heads usually different, too. Don't be too hasty on...
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    Changing my boat gauges.

    Did you mean 12.6 on temp, trim and fuel? What you mean by "4 on rest" ? Supposed to be 14? Are you sure the tach is set to proper setting for engine size / cyl? What is that yellow wire connected to ground?
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    thunderbolt ignition wiring diagram

    Does yours have a "knock module"? TB5.
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    Need Ideas/Advice/Removal of Broken Upper Vertical Shaft Bearing.

    I dunow, but that shaft looks like it got really hot (blue). Probably welded it to the shaft and will need to be cut off. Just take your time with a cutting wheel, don't cut 100% through and use a chissel in the newly cut groove and give it a smack with a hammer. They usually split pretty easy...
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    Tow rope to Talon bracket?

    Take a ride to your local fire department. They usually have some old unusable fire hose laying around that they will happily part with.
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